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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
CrimeIn Germany.

Berlin Letter in san Francisco
Chronicle: The ordinary criminal at
tache- himself to a speciality. and rarely
departs from it. For instance. a pick
pocket would no more think Of breaking
into a house than he would of stealing
linen from a garnet or pilfering from a
cart Crime being thus concentrated.
greater ability l. required on the part
IF the professional thief This calls for
"a corresponding amount of cleverneSs
in the police. ami accordingly specialists
are employed. One functiOn3ry will
occupy himself entirely with eases of
house breaking. another with theftS
from furnished apartments and night
ladgiug-hou-e~. third with >wiudlers
and gamblers. and "A fourth with bullieS.
etc. The same division has been fol-
lowed i'm the Criminal Album. which |
was able To examine. and which
naturally i very Interesting. Its use
fuluc~> j. proved in this way: When a
person comes 10 complain Of having
been robbed. he j. shown the photo
graphs Of thieves specially addicted TO
the particular form Of robbery. II often
happens. however. that UheE the in
,lividual who has been identified from
hi photograph j. arrested the proSecu-
tor j. unable to clearly recognize him.
Very curious i that portion of the
album devoted 10 the Wretched charac-
tiers who live by eNtortion. of whom
there are no fewer than 900 in Berlin.
luu see there several photographs of
bcar,llt>S Youths who have appeared ~
iigtramt~ on the boards of Berlin
thrcatrt~. The service lies moeur> i
carried ont with extraordinary yigor in
Berlin The uufortunate~ are hunted
down ami their existence made intoler-
able All public balls and cafe-con-
ccrt~ must close at midnight, and these
women are hardly pcrmittedto frequent
the Vicnuc~e cafes. Berlin has long
had an evil reputation for the number
Of it, bullir~. but great many have
been got rid Of 10y putting into force the
article. of the penal code against pro-
curatiou> and excluding such characters
from certain quarters of the town.
Those who are born in Berlin or have
their domicilr there cannot be expelled.
but the quarters where they have the
rirh. To live can be- restricted. The
police tolerate "a dozen or 80 Of tavern~
and restaurants the clients of which
consist almost entirely of thieves. loose
women. and bullies. These places. which
are situated al the cNtrcmitics of the
town near the gates, 20 no, call for
special remark The police 90 safety at
Berlin employs u rather large number
Of imformer>. who are recruited from
the criminal CLASSES.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
sound i'm a Fog.

Tor long time it was believed that
sound a. ell rs light Is impeded by
dense fog, and that aeooustic signals
would be materially interferred with by
it; this fallacy has only quite recently
been disproycd by the observations and
experiments of Prof. Tyndall, On one
memorable occasion it was observed
that sound was Singularly distrinct dur
ing the prevalence of a dense fog upon
the Scrpentine, and that it came fainter
rs the fog cleared away; several other
instances are quoted to prove this fact.
1t is easier to understand the fact that
foe helps sound instead of hindering
it. if we take into consideration the fact
that sound travels through water with
four times the velocity that it travels
through the air Fcg is, of course
nothing but moist air, and must, there
fore, help instead of impede the trans
mission of sound.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
RHEUMATISM AND CATARRH
CAN BE CURED.
CANANDAIGUA, N. Y, May 20, 1886.
Pdrdee Medicine Co.

CANANDAIGUA n. Y, May 20, 1886.
Pdrdee Medicine Co.,
GENTLEMEN:-Nea all winter !
was confined to my room with infiam-
matory rheumatism. / commenced u.s.
ing DIR. Pardee's Rheumatic Remedy,
but after taking it for time the pain
became more intense, and l was
alarmed and feared the remedy was
making me worse, but continued its
use and soon the pain left me, and ]
gradually improved, the soreness leav-
ing my arms and shoulders and SEEM
ing to pass out at my toes. 1t has
completely cured me. At the time
commenced using the remedy, / had
throat difficulty and the catarrh, which
found to be better after taking it, and
il occurred to me to use it as a gargle,
which did, and to my great satisfac-
ton improved rapidly, and to-day am
free from both rheumatism and catarrh.
| consider it Indispensable as 2 family
medicine. take one teaspoonful after
breakfast and find it splendid tonic.
would advise you to recommend it as
q gargle for throat troubles and ca
tarrh, for know it will cure. / have
seen some remarkable cures from the
use of this remedy, and it is one can
recommend to all.
am, very truly yours,
E. Il. MCCALL.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13

corru,cated. and finally disappeared
like a ghost, leaving no trace behind.
Another potentate. the Emperor Francis
l.. tried a number Of valuable diamonds
in the heat of smelling furnace, and
may have felt some qualification in find
ing they had disappeared. This was
in 1850. and about twenty Years later
a magnificent diamond was burned in
France A ieweler named lie Blanc,
denied the possibility of burning dia-
mondS, and suspected some unfair play
on the part of Macquer. the chemist
who conducted the operation. He had
often. he asserted. exposed diamonds to
great heat, with the sole result of in
creasing their brilliancy Thenanother
jeweler, Maillard by name. who seems
TO have had suspicion of the scientific
truth, put three diamonds into an
earthern bowl-pipe packed ia powdered
charcoal, and exposed them, without
injury, 10 intense heat. lay0issier,
who was present, proved. in 1916, that
by shutting ont the air the diamond was
preserved in a furnace; but that the adj
mission of oxygen, with which the car
bon combines, allows the diamond to
burn like a piece of coal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
The Greatest of Great Walls.

Saws \ correspondent of the MtHtHg
World. who has recently been travelling
in China: OF course we had TO 60 to the
great wall Of China. This country
Rbounds in great walls. Her mural de-
fenses We're most extensive - walled
country, walled cities. walled villages,
walled palaces and temples after
wall and wall within wall. But the
greatest of all is the great wall of China.
which crests the mountain range and
crosses the gorge from here some forty
miles away. Squeezing through the
last deep gorge and deep rift in the
solid rock cut out by ages of rolling
wheels and tramping feet, we reach the
great, frowning. double Fashioned gate
of stone and hard burned brick-one
archway tumbled in. This was the OBJ
iect of our mission, the great wall of
China, built two hundred and thirteen
years before our era; built of great
slabs of well hewn stone, laid i'm regu-
lar courses some twenty feet high and
then topped out with large, hard burned
bricks, filled in with earth and closely
paved on the top with more dark.
brick-the ramparts high and thick
and castellated for the use of arms.
Right and left the great wall sprang far
up the mountain side-now straight,
now curved, 10 meet the mountain
ridge turreted each three hundred feet
"a frowning mass of masonry. No
need to tell you of this wall; the books
will tell you how it was built TO keep
the warlike Tartars out-twenty-
feet high by forty thick, twelve hundred
al s.,
horses to be driven abreast. Nor need
/ tell you that for fourteen hundred
years it kept those hOrdes at bay, nor
that, in the main, the material used
upon it is just as good and firm and
strong as when put in place. Twelve
hundred miles of this gigantic work
built on the rugged, craggy mountain
tops, vaulting over gOrges, spanning
wide streams, netting the river arch
ways with huge hard bars of copper,
with double gates. with swinging doors
and bars set thick with iron armor-a
wonder in the world before which the
old time classic seven wonders, all gone
now save the great pyramid. were toys.
The great pyramid has IS. 900, 600 cubic
feet, the great wall $3.50. 900. 900 cubic
feet. An engineer in Stewards party
here some years ago gave it as his opin-
ion that the cost of this wall, figuring
labor at the same rate, would more
than equal that of all the 100000 miles
of railroad in the United States. The
material it contains would build a wall
six feet high and two feet thick right
straight around the globe. Yet this
was done in only twenty years without
. trace of debt or bond. 1t is the great
est individual labor the world has ever
known.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
a Chance for Health

ton of hopeless debility. The means are at
hand In the form of genial medicinal
cordial, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters en-
bodies the combined qualities of a blood
fertilizer and deplrent. a tonic and an al
terative. While it promotes digestion and
assimilation, and stimulates appetite, has
the further effect d purifying the life cur
rent and strengthening the nervous system.
As the blood grows richer and purer by its
use, they who resort 10 this sterling medlci-
nal agent, acquire not only vigOr, hut bodily
substance. A healthful change inthe seere
tions is effected by it. and that sure and
rapid physical decay, which chronic Oh
struction of the functions of the system
produce, is arrested. The prime causes OF
disease being removed, health is speedily
renovated and vigor restored.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
Musings.

How is it that the people VINO are so
persistent in giving advice are general
" the ones who need it most? Every
street corner has a crowd of able bodied
loafers who never could make a living,
but every leafer in the crowd is a repos-
tory of advice and information as TO the
best way for you to make a living.
There Is the fiend who tells you that if
you would quit smoking cigars you
would save $500 in year. He has the
figures and statistics to prove it, and
points with pride to the fact that he
does not chew or smoke. When you
ask him if he saves $500 year by his
abstinence he will be obliged to admit
blushingly that he never saw $500 in
his life and would feel rich if you wDLld
lend him quarter.
The man who has failed at everything
from pounding sand to saving wood is
always the one who can tell how a gov
ernment should be operated. He can
show conclusively that if he were prosi-
dent everybody would be rich and hap
by in three months. but he cannot show
conclusively that he is of any use in the
world further than to consume provis-
ions and keep beer from growing stale.
A man of brains and business never
needs the advice of these moral wrecks
and when it is forced upon him unin-
vited it can scarcely be wondered at
that he signs for the absence of the fool
killer.-SL Louis Whip.
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con the whole-yes." said Plowitz.
''But not altogether
And he smiled. without trace Of re-
sentiment on his face.
"What is the matter?n asked Miss
Beaufoy, her ewes wide-Open with Won
der, for PlOwitz looked rather flustered.
and there was red lump on one side
Of his head and face, where he had hit
the wall in his fall.
He passed his hand lightly over the
injured surface, and smiled as sweetly
as ever.
Il have received a shock" he said;
''a stunning shock. But such shock
only increases my esteem-my deter
mination.n
The face Of the Basilisk expressed
unmitigated wOnder-the countenance
Of the professor the kindest regard.
Il was, perhaps, too sanguine," he
continued. but courage challenges
the admiration Of courage. The foe
man is certainly worthy of the steel of
PlOwitz.'
More so than YOU think. fighter
with women l muttcred, rs at the
sound Of the first gong we went of to
prepare for dinner
FRO BE CONTINUED.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13

If on going out of the house you for
get something YOU must under no cir
cumStances turn back if you can posi-
bly, avoid il if you do you must at any
rate sit down a moment before going out
again.
If the first person yOu meet is I'M old
woman it IS sign of coming misfor-
tune. while. on the contrary, funeral
procession denotes good fortune
Pigs to your left bring good luck; to
your right the opposite, TO avert which,
grasp something made of steel and the
spell will be broken.
If on setting out on a journey YOU
meet sow with pigs your enterprise
will be sure TO be successful,
70 meet two magpics portends mar
riage; three, successful journey; four,
unexpected good news.
To see one magpie and then more is
mlucky; to Kill one of these birds is IL
retrievable misfortune. Ii is also nm
lucky to Kill a swallow,
If your left hand itchcs You will take
in money; if the right you viii pay
it out
A ringing in the right ear means that
some one is speaking well of you; in the
left, You may be sure that evil tongues
are busy with YOU.
If your right eye itche, you will see
some beautiful sight; if the left, YOU
will have cause to shed tears.
If your nose itches you will hear
some new, or-will fail into the mirc.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
knocked outin the first Round

Eldorado tKa~.) Democrat: One
eveuin. not long since certain young
gentleman we'll known in Eldorado so
cictv WAS plavinga social game Of whist
with one IF our most beautiful and pop
ular bellies. The wind howlcd without,
the fire burned brightly within.and, with
a little coy parlor al To themselves. IS
it any wonder that Cupid dropped i'm to
make a three-hamdcd game with hearts
for trlmps on every deal9 The young
man had lougwishcd To- speak his mind
but every time he neared the critical
moment his courage dwindle away and
his tongue Glove the roof of his mouth.
But that night he determined To pour
ont his tale Of love and ask her To be
hiS'n. He said he had loved her for a
lone time. but never dared To speak he
fore. Tie told her hi~ devotion was a
deep A. the restless blue waves of the
sea. hi love a. illimitablr a. the uni
verse. Here the Young lady interrupted
him. 1T Is my lead. she said. swectly
and threw down card. The Young
man looked nj the card moment and
his soul ~hriyelcd mp within him. 1t
was a plain ,-hite card and bore the fol-
lowing beautiful Icgcnd in large and
brilliant type: Il ann somewhat of 4
liar myself
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
He Certainly Put His Foot In 1t.

A prominent Chicago real estate
man and his partner were the best Of
friends. and their intimacy extended TO
personal rs wed as business matters.
His partner was bachelor and was in
the habit Of reading him letters of an
ardent and aflectIOnatc nature from a
young lady who signed herself Susie. +"
The hero of the story went away ON an
extended trip and returned just in time
TO attend the wedding of his partner.
Wishing to show his good will he sent
the happy couple wedding present,
and at the wedding reception stepped
gallantly forward to pay his respects.
Il hardly feel like stranger" he
said in his sweetest tones, addressing
the bride; lin fact | feel as though |
ought to be quite well acquainted with
my partners wife, since he has often
done me the honor to read to me ex-
tracts from his dear Susie's letter"
The faces of the husband and the
speaker were studies as the bride drew
herself up and said COMPATIBILITY and
distinctly:
"a beg your pardon, SIR! My name
is Helen! - Chicago IriJUHe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
Origin of a Common Expression.

The funny man of the Texas SyttHgs
perpetrates the following:
Wilson Barrett (called out after the
earthquake scene in 'ClaudianO What
do you there, catiff? Surrender that
boquet, or by all the gods
.'Stage carpenter-No, you don't
Gully; got up that earthquake, and this
call is for me-"
This stage carpenter met with more
appreciation than did the bad play
wright, John Dennis. to whom the
language is indebted for a piquant ex-
preston. Dennis invented FOR his play,
''Appius and Virginia" new variety
of stage thunder which has been used
ever since. Hearing it used in Mac
beth" after the failure of his own drama
he arose indignantly from his seat in
the pit and exclaimed: "They will not
let my play run; aud yet they steal my
thunder. "-Bufdko Courier.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
49, - rRAxsrLNArlSe.

A querist WHO wishes information as 10 trans
planting shade tsees in the winter asks, should
the digging aroand the trees be done before the
ground freezes, and Aow much dirt should b,
used with, say four inch tree" is thus answer
ed:
IL l. better that the ball to be taken with TIE
tree be worked around before free ing weather
comes on ltsayes labor. and the whole should
then be covered with mulch 70 keeps out the f-os
uutI ready for t-snsplanting. In the spring ehoI
the frost around he tree, leaving the diameter
Of the ball Tor iEee four inches In diameter a
bout three feet acrcss. Excsvate below the fros
and completely under the tree. Prepare a large
sized hole and add some rich soil IL necessary
plant the tree not deeper Than il stood originally
and firm the soil completely about the roots anf
cover all pretty deeply with mulch, and secnr'
the tree from being blown about By properly
stretched guy wires.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
sounds and Echoes.

A. the ear cannot distinguish between
t.vo sounds occurring at an interval Of
l,,> than onr->ixtccnth Of second.
that time must necessarily clap E
between the uttcrance of a sound al 4
it, return 10 form an echo. An echo
Is simply a sound reflected from some
opposing body. which must be thirty
live feet away from the cause of the
sound. The sound viii have to pass
through seventy feet. and this will
take about One->iNteenth Of q second
since sound travels At the rate Of
.I.1OO feet per seeond-so that the
direct and reflected sounds may be
distinct. The further the rejecting
body Is away the longer Of course will
the sound take 10 reach the ear after
reflection.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
KEEPING SEED corn.

II am not deceived in my observation, there
was a more systematic saving OF seed corn thi,
fall than ever before. The idea Of employing
heat in maturing the seed is yet to become more
general. ! am now an advocate ofkeeping seed
corn in warm place all winter, and not let the
germ become frozen. Corn Is, in fact tropical
plant in regard TO hot weather growth; and il
il doubtful il alternate freezing and thawing the
germ of the grain, even il quite dry does il no
injury. For four OF i've seasons past | have
kept my seed corn in a room that never freezes,
and the result has been that none or my seed
corn has ever rOtted in the hill. Last spring
several samples Of my seed corn, under differ
ent dates, were sent 10 the state Experiment
Station, and each report came back the same,
''9gl5 per cent, termination, yigOr No. l.
When planted do not think one Kernel in a
thousand failed in throwing up vigorous sprout.
doubt II low temperature, such indicated
BY the soil after May 10, or even cod and wet
weather combined, Is the cause OF seed rOtting
in the ground.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
nor wArtRcuRE.

The London Florist asks: alas any one tried
hot water a. a restorative for sckly plants;''
and then proceeds To say tina NJ. Willermoz some
time since stated that plants in pots may be re-
stored 10 health by means OF hot water; III
health, he maintains, ensues from acid sub
stances in the soil, which being absorbed by the
roots, act rs poison. The email roots wither
and cease 10 act, aud the upper AMI younger
shoots consequently turn yellow, or become
1 spotted. indicative OF their morbid state. In
such cases the usual remedy is TO transplant in
TO fresh soil. in clean pots with good drainage,
/ and this often with the best results. But his
/ experience Of several years has proved the IN
/ failing efficacy OF the simpler treatment. which
consists in watering abundantly with hot water
/ a. temperature OF l45 degrees, FAIR, having
previously stirred the soil of the pOts so far a.
may be done without injury 10 the roots. Wat
| eris then given until It ruus freely from the
/ pots. In LIE experiments, the water at first
| came out clear; afterwards il was scnsibly
/ tinged with brown. and gave an appreciabe re
/ action. After this thorough washing the pots
/ were kept warm. aud the plants very soon made
new roots, immed ately followed by vigorous
| growth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13

Sir John f. +. Champion, former
English Minister 10 the United States.
whose death has been announced, was
the husband of Miss Balfe. the daughter
Of the celebrated composer. She was
stolen from him by the Dude Frias.
one of the greatest grandees Of Spain.
The Due was banished from the spanish
court for his baseness, and has only re-
Gently reappeared in society.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-01-13
,umanian Persecution of the jews,

The correspondent of the Jewish
Chronicle in Roumanla states that ow-
ing to the recent prosecutions by laws
excluding the Jews from particular oc-
equations aud trades, the Roumanian
Jews are leaving the country in hun
dredS every day. In 1880. Jassy, the
Capital of Moldavia, had total popu
lation Of 10000. This has. according
to recently-puhlished statistics. been re-
duced to 10000; and the diminution
is chiefly due to the emigration onJew>
and the economical changes fatteding
their exodus
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without Ann. or Ler..

An Illustration Of true pluck under
terrible disadvantages is given by Paul
Williams. the twelve year old son of G..
b. Williams of Mendon. He has neith-
CT arms nor legs, only stumps from his
shoulders about two inches long and
stumps about eight inches long for legs.
In spite of these disadvantages he is a
fine writer, holding pen or brush be-
tween his chin and one shoulder stump
and moving it with his head. He Is i
good artist. and is also. pupil of high
standing in the Mendon High School
Boston HerGh
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No nanrer Of Ter FreezIne.

why, whata mite ola sleigh you've
got there, Algernonr said Miss Fus-
sanfeather as her fianee drove mp with
the cutter.
.'Do YOU think so?
Il certainly do. hardly think there
is room in it for me.
20. yes, there is; I'll show you how
nice can squeeze YOU in it. =
She went.
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Nothing except the farmers wife receives so
little credit for services rendered the poultry
Were it not Tor them, your delds would almond
with grubs, worms and bugs, to a far greater
extent than they do now. hence, large share
OF the food consumed by them il a positive gain
to you. They give eggs all summer for which
You return little or no equivalent. and when the
cold westhcr comes, the ground il frozen, no
bugs OF worms are 10 be found, no green grass
for them, nothing perhaps bat the grain you
have wasted or left in the field. And then you
say that chickens don't pay because you expect
them to make "bricks without straw" /. e. to
lay eggs when they nave nothing Of which eggs
can be made.
Provide them some kind Of shelter :. pm the
weather. furnish them some Eind Of green food,
cabbage il best, also meat, scraps Of beef from
the table, butchers DIAL or cr.cklings and they
will return you their comp meuts in eggs. Give
them fair chance and they VIII give you fair
pront- Charles y. Haze